What Year Is It?

Are we seriously still supposed to get excited about a 23-year old guy smoking pot? Considering this is an activity that has been undertaken by not only the greatest swimmer of all time, pretty much every NBA player, and the current President of the United States, perhaps we need to rethink whether this is the big horrible deal it is made out to be. I really wanted Michael Phelps to NOT issue a stupid apology for being a perfectly normal young man, but of course we're not quite that far advanced yet.

So it was with great pleasure that I read Radley Balko's "A Letter I'd Like to See (But Won't)". I know that this isn't the only important issue out there, and I personally don't even care if I ever smoke marijuana ever again. But for some reason I get really angry about a society declaring WAR on its own citizens for what they decide to put in their own bodies.

As an aside, best headline for this story: "Pot of Gold".